Articles filed under Political Figures
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Madigan was 'different from any other politician I've seen,' FBI agent testifiesAug 10, 2023 1:00 am - Brendan O'Leary spent more than two decades working for the FBI - most of it in Chicago, and most of it investigating public corruption. But when it came to Illinois' fa...
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'Keeping the pressure on': Push to transfer Route 53 right of way for greenway continuesAug 08, 2023 5:00 am - A Lake County advocacy group is working to ensure that land set aside for the now-defunct Route 53 extension is developed as a greenway sooner rather than later. The Mid...
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Biden creates new national monument near Grand Canyon, citing tribal heritage, climate concernsAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. - Declaring it good "not only for Arizona but for the planet," President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a national monument designation f...
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Opening statements expected Wednesday in Mapes trialAug 08, 2023 1:00 am - Opening statements are expected to begin Wednesday morning in the perjury trial of a onetime top aide to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan after lawyers comp...
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Once Trump supporters, billionaire Uihleins now spending millions to help DeSantisAug 07, 2023 5:30 am - A billionaire couple from Lake Forest who backed Donald Trump's previous presidential campaigns is supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' bid for the White House in 2024....
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Trump lawyers say proposed protective order on evidence is too broad, urge more limited rulesAug 07, 2023 1:00 am - Donald Trump's legal team told a judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against him on Monday that prosecutors' proposed protective order aimed at preventing the ...
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Pritzker signs bills mandating teaching of Native American history, repatriating remainsAug 07, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a package of bills extending cultural protections to Native Americans in Illinois and requiring the teaching of Native American history in ...
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'Of course he lost': DeSantis acknowledges the truth about Trump's 2020 election liesAug 07, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, an acknowledgment the Florida governor made a...
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Justice Department faces biggest test in its history with election conspiracy case against TrumpAug 05, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - When the Justice Department was announcing the highest-profile prosecution in its history in Washington, Attorney General Merrick Garland was 100 miles away...
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Kremlin critic Navalny convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prisonAug 04, 2023 1:00 am - MELEKHOVO, Russia - A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism and sentenced him to 19 years in prison on Friday. Nava...